Congratulations to all the classroom winners who participated in the school wide Scripps Spelling Bee at Merrick Avenue. 

Top winners: in second place was 8th grader, Andrew Militello from Ms.  Richemond’s class, and in first place was 8th grader, Marcus Cilibrasi from Mr. Fallon’s.  Cilibrasi became a two-time champ after 17 rounds by spelling “conciliatory” correctly.  He will move on to the next step of the competition where he will try to qualify for the regionals in March. 

“Thanks also to the entire English department for organizing the classroom competitions and for playing important roles during the bee,” noted Kim Serpe, an English chairperson.

Date Added: 1/30/2025

On Friday, January 17, students in World Language and ENL classes at Merrick Avenue engaged in various activities in recognition of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Students learned about the power of kindness through target language activities as they reflected on Dr. King’s legacy.  

Students in Ms. Cooper and Ms. Yaltzindeg’s classes learned compliments in Spanish and used them to create a “Garden of Positivity” adding cheer and encouragement in the hallway. In Ms. Dunne's and Ms. Schleith's classes, students wrote thank you cards for their teachers. They learned firsthand how being kind and expressing gratitude improves the school community. Ms. Steinhaus and Ms. DiChiara's classes created hearts with kind and inspiring expressions in Italian and Spanish that were displayed in the hall. “Kindness Jars” for classmates with positive adjectives were created in Ms. Cohen’s and Ms. Schleith’s classes with discussions about how small acts of kindness make a huge difference. ENL students learned about Dr. King and his important contributions and messages. Ms. Kelly’s 7th-grade classes shared notes of kindness with each other. Ms. Kelly created a word art mural with heart-shaped notes in the hallway to acknowledge Dr. King's message of kindness.

Students in Ms. Schleith’s International Buddy Club watched a video about empathy and kindness and discussed the importance of Dr. King's message and how to show that in their everyday lives. IBC members wrote positive messages on hearts creating a display with the message “MAMS International Buddy Club has a dream to make the world a better place.”

Date Added: 1/24/2025